How ‘Interior Chinatown’ Creator Tackled the Book’s Show-Within-a-Show Premise

Story by Loree Seitz

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Acclaimed author Charles Yu takes on the challenge of adapting his meta-commentary novel 'Interior Chinatown' for the small screen on Hulu.

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Yu initially doubted the book's screen potential, but was won over by the creative team's vision to preserve the novel's unique 'show-within-a-show' structure
The Hulu series will put a new spin on the original's exploration of Asian-American identity, digging deeper into the industry's casting and representation issues

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Charles Yu, Hulu, Interior Chinatown